This chapter sets out the aims of this book and explains themethods and approaches applied in its production. It alsoaspires to be a guide, offering readers instructions as to howbest to use the book. We therefore strongly encourage allreaders to read this chapter carefully, so as to gain a clearerunderstanding of all the different aspects analysed in thisbook. This chapter also provides essent…
Building on five years of national organizing by Arts in a Changing America, an artist-led initiative that challenges structural racism in the art world, FUTURE/PRESENT includes a range of poetry, essays and criticism, visual and performance art, artist manifestos, interviews, and reflections on community practice.
The seeds of this publication were sown during a series of conversations held while organising a conference supported by the UCL Rome Fund and the University of L’Aquila in the 10th anniversary year of the 2009 L’Aquila earthquake. At the suggestion of the host university’s Provost Paola Inverardi, historian Lucia met urbanist Paola and we found ourselves discussing th…